Humans Taste Good to All Lions, Not Just the Sick:
Humans make an attractive meal for all lions and not, as had traditionally been believed, just old and infirm animals unable to catch faster-moving meals.
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The two most famous man-eaters, who killed and ate nearly 30 people as they built a bridge over Kenya’s Tsavo River in 1898, were found to have broken teeth.
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The Tsavo lions [...] led scientists to claim dental problems were often behind attacks on humans, by making it hard for lions to bring down their normal prey.However, after examining the teeth and jaws of 23 “problem lions” killed by rangers outside the borders of Tsavo East National Park, zoologist Bruce Patterson found that less than a quarter had damaged teeth.